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Pakistan suffers power outages
WORLD, Jan. 23 (YPA) - Pakistan suffered wide power cuts early on Monday due to a major breakdown in its national grid, the federal energy ministry said. “According to initial information, at about 7:34 AM (local time) today, the National…
Dozens of Zionists break into Al-Aqsa Mosque
OCCUPIED PALESTINE, Jan. 22 (YPA) – Dozens of Zionist settlers escorted by occupation police continued to break into the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in occupied al-Quds (Jerusalem) on Sunday morning. According to the Islamic Endowment…
Citizen killed in Saudi shelling on Saada
SAADA, Jan. 12 (YPA) – A citizen was killed on Sunday by Saudi army fire in Saada province, northern Yemen, local sources said. A security source in the province said the Saudi army shelled Shada border district, killing one citizen. The…
Coalition’s militants target residential neighborhoods in Taiz
TAIZ, Jan. 22 (YPA) - The Saudi-led coalition’s militants on Saturday targeted several residential neighborhoods in the city of Taiz. A local source in Taiz confirmed that a mortar shell fell on a residential building in Al-Jamla…
US extends troop deployment in Romania
WORLD, Jan. 22 (YPA) - Thousands of US military personnel will remain in southeastern Romania for another 9 months, The New York Times reported. According to the paper, " The Pentagon will keep several thousand American troops in southeast…
Burkina Faso calls on French troops to leave its territory
WORLD, Jan. 22 (YPA) - Burkina Faso has officially asked French troops to leave its territory within a period of one month. The Burkina Faso news agency reported that the country's government denounced, during a meeting, the agreement…
Brazil’s Lula sacks army commander after riots
WORLD, Jan. 22 (YPA) - President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva sacked the commander of Brazil’s army Saturday, two weeks after an election-denying mob loyal to his far-right predecessor ransacked the halls of power in Brasilia. The veteran…
Yemen Scholars Association condemns desecration of Holy Quran in Sweden
SANAA, Jan. 22 (YPA) - The Yemen Scholars Association condemned the desecration of the Holy Quran in Sweden. In a statement, the scholars considered that this crime expresses the extent of hatred, barbarism, underestimation and provocation…
8 people died, 15 injured after car falls down from high mountain in Dhamar
DHAMAE+R, Jan. 22 (YPA) - Twenty-three people, mostly children, were killed and wounded on Saturday in Mikhlaf Jaar of Wusab Al Ali District, west of Dhamar province, after a car carrying them fell from a high mountain. According to local…